Mentoring

This page is dedicated to compiling mentoring resources for graduate faculty and students. Navigating the academic journey can be both exciting and challenging, and effective mentorship plays a pivotal role in fostering success. Whether you're a seasoned faculty member looking to enhance your mentoring skills or a graduate student seeking guidance on your academic and professional path, our curated collection of resources aims to empower and support you. Discover best practices, gain valuable advice, and explore discipline-specific strategies to create meaningful and impactful mentor-mentee relationships.

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For Mentors and Mentees

Online Courses and Podcasts for Mentors and Mentees

The Podcast: How to be a good Mentor and mentee

Podcasts on Graduate School, Careers, and Hot Topics

Developing Shared Expectations - University of Michigan

Inclusive Mentoring - Brown University

M entoring Resources - Duke University

How to Get the Mentoring You Want: A Guide for Graduate Students - University of Michigan

Mentoring - University of Maryland

S hared Expectations - University of Notre Dame

Empowering Mentees & Supporting Mentors - Council of Graduate Schools

Other Sources

Lee, A., Dennis, C., & Campbell, P. (2007). Nature’s guide for mentors. Nature, 447(7146), Article 7146. https://doi.org/10.1038/447791a

Phillips, L. L., & Deleon, R. L. (2022). Living Testimonios: How Latinx Graduate Students Persist and Enact Social Justice Within Higher Education. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 65(1), 197–212. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2022.3140569

Santa-Ramirez, S. (2022). Sink or swim: The mentoring experiences of Latinx PhD students with faculty of color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 15(1), 124–134. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000335

Tuma, T. T., Adams, J. D., Hultquist, B. C., & Dolan, E. L. (2021). The Dark Side of Development: A Systems Characterization of the Negative Mentoring Experiences of Doctoral Students. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 20(2), ar16. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.20-10-0231

For Faculty to Share with Graduate Students

Graduate Student Mentoring Guide - University of Michigan

D eveloping Shared Expectations - University of Michigan

A Field Guide to Grad School - Jessica Mccrory Calarco

Leaving the Ivory Tower - Barbara E. Lovitts

Mentoring Resources - Dartmouth University

Graduate Student Mentoring - University of Texas

Advising and Mentoring Resources for Students - Brown University

Mentoring Resources for Doctoral Students and Their Advisors - Lehigh University

Mentoring - University of Georgia

Principles from and for Graduate Student Mentees - The University of Chicago

Other Sources

Parker, C. B., Amsden, J. J., Peng, Q., Stoner, B. R., & Glass, J. T. (2015). Achieving Excellence in Graduate Research: A Guide for New Graduate Students. Advanced Science, 2(10), 1500203-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201500203

For Faculty

The Science of Mentorship: Institutional Barriers: Implementing Effective Mentoring Practices on Apple Podcasts

APA Guidelines on Equitable and Respectful Treatment of Students in Graduate Psychology Programs

GPS Faculty Development Workshops - Baylor University

Graduate Advising & Mentoring: Worst Practices - University of Minnesota

How to Mentor Graduate Students - University of Michigan

Rackham's Faculty Committee on Mentoring (MORE) - University of Michigan

Developing Shared Expectations - University of Michigan

A Mentoring Guidebook for Faculty - Case Western Reserve University

Handbook for Advising and Mentoring Graduate Students - BYU

Advising and Mentoring International Graduate Students - University of Minnesota

Best Practices for Inclusive Mentoring - Utah State University

Mentoring Graduate Students - Vanderbilt University

Resources on Culturally Aware Mentoring - Council of Graduate Schools

Other Sources

Alexander, J.-J., Martinez-Cola, M., Rodriguez, M. M. D., Sinor, J., & Glass, C. M. (2021). Best Practices for Inclusive Mentoring.

Chi-Ning, C., Patterson, C. A., Vanderford, N. L., & Evans, T. M. (2021). Modeling individual development plans, mentoring support, and career preparedness relationships among Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) trainees in the life sciences. F1000Research, 10. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.53705.2

Corbett, D. R. (2016). Mentoring the Next Generation of Higher Education Professionals. Quest (National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education), 68(3), 316–323. https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2016.1189835

Curtin, N., Malley, J., & Stewart, A. (2016). Mentoring the Next Generation of Faculty: Supporting Academic Career Aspirations Among Doctoral Students. Research in Higher Education, 57(6), 714–738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-015-9403-x

Hesli, V. L., Fink, E. C., & Duffy, D. M. (2003). The Role of Faculty in Creating a Positive Graduate Student Experience: Survey Results from the Midwest Region, Part II. PS: Political Science and Politics, 36(4), 801–804.

Kendall, D. L., & Campanario, S. C. (2016). Honoring God through scientific research: Navigating the ethics of publishing with our students. International Journal of Christianity & Education, 20(2), 133–148. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056997116637878

Ku, H.-Y., Lahman, M. K. E., Yeh, H.-T., & Cheng, Y.-C. (2008). Into the Academy: Preparing and Mentoring International Doctoral Students. Educational Technology Research and Development, 56(3), 365–377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-007-9083-0

McCoy, D. L., Winkle-Wagner, R., & Luedke, C. L. (2015). Colorblind mentoring? Exploring white faculty mentoring of students of color. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 8(4), 225–242. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038676

McGhee Peggs, Heather. (2023). Supervising Conflict: A Guide for Faculty. University of Toronto Press. https://utorontopress.com/9781487549015/supervising-conflict/

Omar, F., Mahone, J. P., Ngobia, J., & FitzSimons, J. (2016). Building Rapport Between International Graduate Students and Their Faculty Advisors: Cross-Cultural Mentoring Relationships at the University of Guelph. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 7(2), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2016.2.8

Orsini, J., & Coers, N. (2022). LEADERS AND SCHOLARS: How Faculty Mentoring Behavior Influences the Development of Leadership Self-Efficacy. Journal of Leadership Education, 21(1), 114–134. https://doi.org/10.12806/V21/I1/R8

Thomas, K. M., Willis, L. A., & Davis, J. (2007). Mentoring minority graduate students: Issues and strategies for institutions, faculty, and students. Equal Opportunities International, 26(3), 178–192. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150710735471

Grad Students as Mentors

Branchaw, J. L., Butz, A. R., & Smith, A. R. (2020). Evaluation of the Second Edition of Entering Research: A Customizable Curriculum for Apprentice-Style Undergraduate and Graduate Research Training Programs and Courses. CBE life sciences education, 19(1), ar11. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-04-0073

Byars-Winston, A. M., Womack, V., Butz, A., McGee, R., Quinn, S., Utzerath, E., & Thomas, S. (2018). Pilot study of an intervention to increase cultural awareness in research mentoring: Implications for diversifying the scientific workforce. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2(2), 86-94.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs; Board on Higher Education and Workforce; Committee on Effective Mentoring in STEMM; Dahlberg ML, Byars-Winston A, editors. The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2019 Oct 30. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK552772/. doi: 10.17226/25568

Pfund, C., House, S. C., Asquith, P., Fleming, M. F., Buhr, K. A., Burnham, E. L., Eichenberger Gilmore, J. M., Huskins, W. C., McGee, R., Schurr, K., Shapiro, E. D., Spencer, K. C., & Sorkness, C. A. (2014). Training mentors of clinical and translational research scholars: A randomized controlled trial. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 89(5), 774-82.

Pfund, C., Sancheznieto, F., Byars-Winston, A., Zárate, S., Black, S., Birren, B., Rogers, J., & Asai, D. J. (2022). Evaluation of a culturally responsive mentorship education program for the advisers of Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Program graduate students. CBE Life Sciences Education, 21(3), ar50. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-11-0321

Pfund, C., Spencer, K. C., Asquith, P., House, S. C., Miller, S., & Sorkness, C. A. (2015). Building national capacity for research mentor training: An evidence-based approach to training the trainers. CBE Life Sciences Education , 14(2), ar24. doi:10.1187/cbe.14-10-0184

Sancheznieto, F., Asquith, P., Baez Bermejo, A., Meagher, E. A., & Pfund, C. E. (2024). Mentoring up for early career investigators: Empowering mentees to proactively engage in their mentoring relationships. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 8(1), e86. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2024.524

Mentoring in Minutes: Video Presentations